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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 15.12 Ukraine MOD 15 Dec 2022
• Russia Strikes Ukrainian Infrastructure Again As UN Warns Of Serious Humanitarian Crisis RFE/RL 15 Dec 2022 -- Russian forces keep pounding critical power infrastructure in Ukrainian cities, killing more civilians and leaving tens of thousands of more people without electricity, as its troops step up the pace of their relentless attacks along the entire front line in the east.
• UK commandos took part in 'high-risk' covert ops in Ukraine: British general Press TV 15 Dec 2022 -- A senior British military official has revealed for the first time since Russia invaded Ukraine that commandos from the Royal Navy were deployed to the country to take part in "high-risk" covert operations.
• Russia Warns US on Sending Patriot Missiles to Ukraine VOA 15 Dec 2022 -- Russia's foreign ministry warned the United States on Thursday that if it ships sophisticated Patriot air defense missiles to Ukraine, Moscow would consider it a "provocative move" that could prompt a response from the Kremlin.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Meeting of Council for Strategic Development and National Projects President of Russia 15 Dec 2022 -- The President held a videoconference meeting of the Presidential Council for Strategic Development and National Projects.
• Ghana Says Burkina Faso Paid Russian Mercenaries with Mine VOA 15 Dec 2022 -- Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo said the military government of Burkina Faso has hired Russian mercenaries to help fight an insurgency in their country and is using a mine to pay them.

Foreign Policy

• Briefing by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, Moscow, December 15, 2022 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 15 Dec 2022
• Special Online Briefing with Ambassador James O'Brien, Head of the Office of Sanctions Coordination US Dept. of State 15 Dec 2022
• Continuing to Hold Russia to Account for its War against Ukraine US Dept. of State 15 Dec 2022 -- The United States continues to impose costs on Russia for its war of aggression against Ukraine. Russia's attacks have devastated Ukraine's critical infrastructure and caused extraordinary death and destruction.
• Furthering the United States' Effort to Hold Russia to Account for its War Against Ukraine US Dept. of State 15 Dec 2022 -- The United States is committed to working alongside our allies and partners to further impose severe consequences on President Putin and his enablers for Russia's unconscionable war against Ukraine. The Department of State is designating the individuals listed below, as well as an entity owned by one of them, pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 14024, which authorizes sanctions with respect to specified harmful foreign activities of the Government of the Russian Federation.
• Treasury Further Constrains Russia's Financial Services Sector US Treasury 15 Dec 2022 -- Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is adding 18 entities related to the Russian Federation's financial services sector to the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List). These designations, taken along with the Department of State, which is concurrently designating a prominent oligarch in Russia, his network, and more than 40 additional persons linked to the Government of the Russian Federal (GoR), are part of the U.S. government's efforts to further limit the GoR's ability to fund its unconscionable war of choice against Ukraine.
• US Targets Russian Oligarch in Latest Round of Sanctions VOA 15 Dec 2022 -- The United States imposed new economic sanctions on Russian financial interests Thursday, targeting one of the country's richest businessmen, Vladimir Potanin, and his family, in the latest effort to pressure Moscow over its war against Ukraine.
• U.S. Adds Russian Oligarch Potanin, Rosbank To Sanctions Blacklist RFE/RL 15 Dec 2022 -- The United States has imposed financial sanctions on one of Russia's richest men, Vladimir Potanin, and Russian commercial bank Rosbank in another expansion of efforts to curb Moscow's ability to fund its war in Ukraine.
• US Expects China, India to Negotiate 'Very Good' Prices on Russian Oil But Under Price Cap Sputnik 15 Dec 2022 -- The United States expects that China, India and Turkey will negotiate very good prices on Russian oil for themselves but they will fall under the Western-imposed price cap, Office of Sanction Coordination head James O'Brien said on Friday.

News Reports

• DR Congo Invites Russian Companies to Develop Gas & Oil Fields Sputnik 15 Dec 2022 -- Energy is one of the main areas of cooperation between Russia and African countries with a great potential for growth. The head of the African Energy Chamber, Nj Ayuk, recently told Sputnik that Russia could play a leading role in implementing energy projects on the continent.